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Collecting Infectious Disease Data in Nursing Homes
Project
Infectious diseases can spread quickly through nursing homes, leading to high morbidity and mortality in this vulnerable population. The COVID-19 pandemic underscored this, causing over 1.7 million SARS-CoV-2 cases and almost 168,000 deaths among nursing…
Mining Royalties Fueling Improved Health Coverage in DRC
Impact Brief
Abt's work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is laying the groundwork for local governments to ramp up decisionmaking and spending on health priorities.
Spotlight On: Environmental Toxicology
Spotlight On
Our toxicologists design, implement, conduct and manage a wide range of laboratory and field-based bioassays, investigations and other tests to fill key data gaps and increase our understanding of the adverse effects of chemicals, mixtures, and other stressors on numerous organisms, including bacteria, algae, invertebrates, fish, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Overcoming Undermatching in Postsecondary Education
Project
Where students go to college is key to their educational attainment and later economic success. However, 41 percent of students nationally and about half of those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds undermatch—meaning they don’t attend college or they…
Adapting Malaria Services to Crises
Impact Brief
PMI VectorLink works with local partners to deliver crucial malaria services during crises like conflict.
Big Win for Children’s Nutrition: Summer EBT Fully Funded
Blog
Abt Global’s decade of evaluations of the Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer for Children pilot can inform the national rollout of the pilot.
Study of COVID-19 in Retirement Communities
Project
Older adults are among those with the highest risk for medically attended COVID-19. From early in the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC needed data to characterize risk factors and clinical epidemiology of COVID-19 among older adults. The information would inform…
Exploring the use of routinely-available, retrospective data to study the association between malaria control scale-up and micro-economic outcomes in Zambia
Publication
Spotlight On: The Intersection of Health and the Environment
Spotlight On
Changes to our environment can have an enormous impact on health; Abt works with clients & communities at the intersection of health & environment.
Evaluating Child Care Recovery Post-Disaster
Project
In the aftermath of disasters, children benefit from returning to normal routines. Save the Children, U.S. Programs (SCUS) offers direct resources and supports that enable child care centers to reopen, providing children with safe, familiar environments…